Caroline de Gruyter
@carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Europe observer.
Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu
Book: what the EU can learn from the Habsburg Empire - available in five languages
Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu
Book: what the EU can learn from the Habsburg Empire - available in five languages
Russische leiders doen altijd economische charme-offensieven naar het westen als ze aan de grond zitten
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
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Mijn column in @nrc.nl
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Column | Trump is Poetins ideale prooi
Afgelopen week klonk er luid gejammer dat Europa was gepasseerd bij het Russisch-Amerikaanse ‘vredesplan’ voor Oekraïne. Europa was zijn stem op het wereldtoneel kwijt, schreef The New York Times. Eur...
www.nrc.nl
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Russische leiders doen altijd economische charme-offensieven naar het westen als ze aan de grond zitten
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
This is exactly how it is
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is exactly how it is
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Cheer up, Europe: 7 European countries in the top-10 of the INSEAD/Portulans Global Talent Competitiveness Index
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Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2025
YouTube video by INSEAD
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November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cheer up, Europe: 7 European countries in the top-10 of the INSEAD/Portulans Global Talent Competitiveness Index
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Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
We – the leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight – spoke with President Zelenskyy today. We have from the outset of Russia’s war of aggression stood by Ukraine’s side and we will continue to do so. Our res...
www.regjeringen.no
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
“Stap voor stap, via de markt, werkt Europa beter. Na verloop van tijd volgen vaak voorzichtige politieke hervormingen. Het is houtje-touwtje, verre van perfect – maar de enige manier waarop Europa vooruitkomt.”
Column | De economie als motor van Europese veiligheid
België heeft goede redenen om zich te verzetten tegen het Europese plan om de 193 miljard euro aan Russische tegoeden die bij Euroclear zijn gestald, te gebruiken om Oekraïne te steunen. Als geld uit ...
www.nrc.nl
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Stap voor stap, via de markt, werkt Europa beter. Na verloop van tijd volgen vaak voorzichtige politieke hervormingen. Het is houtje-touwtje, verre van perfect – maar de enige manier waarop Europa vooruitkomt.”
Bij alle crises zoekt Europa zoveel mogelijk economische oplossingen - hoe lang nog?
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | De economie als motor van Europese veiligheid
België heeft goede redenen om zich te verzetten tegen het Europese plan om de 193 miljard euro aan Russische tegoeden die bij Euroclear zijn gestald, te gebruiken om Oekraïne te steunen. Als geld uit ...
www.nrc.nl
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bij alle crises zoekt Europa zoveel mogelijk economische oplossingen - hoe lang nog?
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Long live the single market!
Cross the border, cut the bill - turns out the best Dutch drugstore… is in Germany.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Long live the single market!
Euroclear will perhaps “not hesitate” to sue the EU if it seizes the Russian assets parked there
www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Pourquoi Euroclear, l’institution qui gère les actifs russes gelés en Europe, « n’exclut pas » de poursuivre l’UE en cas de confiscation
Institution belge méconnue mais centrale du système financier, Euroclear détient notamment 193 milliards d’euros d’actifs russes, qui, gelés depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine, attisent les convoitises. S...
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Euroclear will perhaps “not hesitate” to sue the EU if it seizes the Russian assets parked there
www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
Een Rolex en een goudstaaf voor Trump www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Column | Een koning spreek je niet tegen, je overlaadt hem met geschenken
Vorige week kreeg Donald Trump bezoek in het Witte Huis: zes prominente zakenlui uit Zwitserland. Allemaal mannen. Zij kwamen niet met lege handen. Trump kreeg een Rolex en een goudstaaf met inscripti...
www.nrc.nl
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Een Rolex en een goudstaaf voor Trump www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Een koning spreek je niet tegen, je overlaadt hem met geschenken
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | Een koning spreek je niet tegen, je overlaadt hem met geschenken
Vorige week kreeg Donald Trump bezoek in het Witte Huis: zes prominente zakenlui uit Zwitserland. Allemaal mannen. Zij kwamen niet met lege handen. Trump kreeg een Rolex en een goudstaaf met inscripti...
www.nrc.nl
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Een koning spreek je niet tegen, je overlaadt hem met geschenken
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Hallelujah.
EU finance ministers agreed to end duty-free status for packages valued below €150 imported into the union from 2026.
EU Finance Ministers agree to end duty-free entry for small parcels
EU Finance Ministers agree to end duty-free entry for small parcels
www.brusselstimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hallelujah.
Some shock waves all the way to Austria…!
Oha!
Die Verbindung Bannon-Kurz-Epstein hatte ich so auch nicht am Schirm.
Wie kommt diese so prominent in die Mails?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Die Verbindung Bannon-Kurz-Epstein hatte ich so auch nicht am Schirm.
Wie kommt diese so prominent in die Mails?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Epstein-Mails: Trump-Berater Bannon vermittelte für Treffen zwischen Kurz und Epstein
Der Exkanzler wird in den Epstein-Mails erwähnt, die der US-Kongress veröffentlicht hat. Trump-Berater Steve Bannon berichtete von einem Terminwunsch. Kurz-Sprecher: "Schwachsinn!"
www.derstandard.at
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some shock waves all the way to Austria…!
Epstein is not going away, "it's Trump's Achilles heel - and the president knows it".
Good timing for this column @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Good timing for this column @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Epstein is not going away
The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Epstein is not going away, "it's Trump's Achilles heel - and the president knows it".
Good timing for this column @edwardluce.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0fd7...
Good timing for this column @edwardluce.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0fd7...
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
Small European states now seek protection through deeper EU ties amid growing global power rivalries. The latest example is the principality of Liechtenstein. The lesson seems to be that in a larger club, you have at least some protection against tyrannical superpowers, writes EUobserver columnist Caroline de Gruyter
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
This article is an antidote to the all too common trope in the UK among Brexiters and exceptionalists that Europe is somehow a "global bully" (while simultaneously being too weak and unable to rein in emotional France and vengeful Germany. Or something)
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
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No. Europe is a port in a storm.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This article is an antidote to the all too common trope in the UK among Brexiters and exceptionalists that Europe is somehow a "global bully" (while simultaneously being too weak and unable to rein in emotional France and vengeful Germany. Or something)
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
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No. Europe is a port in a storm.
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Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
"The lesson seems to be that in a larger club, you have at least some protection against tyrannical superpowers. Body mass counts more than it did 10 years ago.
Small countries in Europe seem to have gotten this message loud and clear."
Small countries in Europe seem to have gotten this message loud and clear."
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
Small European states now seek protection through deeper EU ties amid growing global power rivalries. The latest example is the principality of Liechtenstein. The lesson seems to be that in a larger c...
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"The lesson seems to be that in a larger club, you have at least some protection against tyrannical superpowers. Body mass counts more than it did 10 years ago.
Small countries in Europe seem to have gotten this message loud and clear."
Small countries in Europe seem to have gotten this message loud and clear."
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
Small European states now seek protection through deeper EU ties amid growing global power rivalries. The latest example is the principality of Liechtenstein. The lesson seems to be that in a larger c...
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
My latest for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
"Humiliation can catalyze the strengthening of collective identity. It can foster solidarity, binding people together to confront the perceived injustice. Perhaps Europe needs this wound in order to act."
@josephdeweck.bsky.social on Europe's súmmer of humiliation'
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@josephdeweck.bsky.social on Europe's súmmer of humiliation'
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The Europeanization of Humiliation
It’s not only EU policies—from trade to defense—that are becoming more Gaullist. European voters’ feelings toward the EU are also becoming more French.
ip-quarterly.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Humiliation can catalyze the strengthening of collective identity. It can foster solidarity, binding people together to confront the perceived injustice. Perhaps Europe needs this wound in order to act."
@josephdeweck.bsky.social on Europe's súmmer of humiliation'
ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...
@josephdeweck.bsky.social on Europe's súmmer of humiliation'
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Waarom Europa altijd maar hervormt en uitbreidt, vaak tegelijkertijd: om de gemeenschappelijke voorzieningen veilig te stellen
Mijn column in @nrc
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | Buitenstaanders erbij halen: voor Europa een kwestie van overleven
Als meerdere kleine dorpen of gehuchten op dezelfde voorzieningen en grondstoffen zijn aangewezen, hoe zorgen ze dan dat die niet opraken? Dat het water niet wordt vergiftigd, dat niet één dorp alle b...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Waarom Europa altijd maar hervormt en uitbreidt, vaak tegelijkertijd: om de gemeenschappelijke voorzieningen veilig te stellen
Mijn column in @nrc
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn column in @nrc
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Democrat Jonathan Smucker already predicted it this summer: his party “needs an internal war” similar to the one the Republican party has also had
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«Pour renverser Trump, il faut une guerre ouverte au Parti démocrate», une conversation avec Jonathan Smucker, stratège de la gauche américaine | Le Grand Continent
Écouté par Bernie Sanders et AOC, le sociologue et théoricien radical est en train de construire une stratégie pour enrayer la contre-révolution de Donald Trump. Avec une plateforme électorale fondée...
legrandcontinent.eu
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Democrat Jonathan Smucker already predicted it this summer: his party “needs an internal war” similar to the one the Republican party has also had
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/06/0...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/06/0...
Good morning.
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Democratic Voters Bury Bidenism and Embrace Disruption
After the failure of a presidency built on restoring norms, Democrats are rejecting the past and betting on upheaval.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good morning.
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Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native'.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native'.